Patients who did not attend follow-up appointments for their diabetic retinopathy were more likely to have other medical conditions or to forget they have an appointment, according to a study.
“Understanding the patient-reported barriers to compliance with appointments for diabetic retinopathy is critical to improving treatment for this disease. We found that patients reported having other medical conditions to care for as well as forgetting their appointments as the major reasons for lack of follow-up,” study co-author Daniel L. Chao, MD, PhD, told Healio.com/OSN.
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